Sue BurnsideOct 6, 20201 minInside Story by Martin Amis I honestly didn't realise that this was meant to be "not a novel " until I had finished it. It is a very strange mash of genres, part fic...
Sue BurnsideSep 30, 20203 minA Different Type of Review - Chris Palmer on Writers and Lovers by Lily King WRITERS AND LOVERS By Lily King Picador 2020 ISBN 978-1-5290-3310-6 £14.99 324 pages Hardback ‘Come on Chris, you know that’s not good en...
Sue BurnsideSep 14, 20201 minJohn Le Carre - An Angry Young Man Agent Running in the Field By John Le Carre It is hard to believe that John Le Carre is 88 years old and still writes his novels in long ...
Sue BurnsideSep 14, 20201 minVal Mc Dermid still on form.Still Life by Val Mc Dermid I loved this book, although it took me a little while to get into it. But once hooked, it really did zip alon...
Sue BurnsideSep 5, 20201 minWhere The Edge is - a fine debut Where the Edge is by Grainne Murphy The book, a debut novel, tells the story of a terrible accident in a rural village in Ireland, in whi...
Sue BurnsideSep 5, 20201 minFire and Fury - more Trump reading Fire and The Fury Inside the Trump White House Michael Wolff Not particularly recent but timely all the same. Following on from Mary Trum...
Sue BurnsideAug 23, 20202 minToo Much and Never Enough by Mary TrumpMary Trump’s account is an absolutely gripping read, and throws a bright light on the dysfunctional family into which she was born. In so...
Sue BurnsideAug 10, 20201 min Shuggie Bain by Douglas StuartSuch a sad sad story. I have read some reviews which advised only to read this if you are mentally in a good place and I would agree. It ...
Sue BurnsideAug 10, 20201 minGuarding Hitler by Mark Felton Guarding Hitler is a incredibly dense and detailed account of the last years and days of Hitler.and in particular the security arrangemen...
Sue BurnsideAug 3, 20201 minThe Lying Room by Nicci FrenchThis is the latest in the long line of psychological thrillers written by the husband and wife team Nicci Gerard and Sean French and look...
Sue BurnsideAug 3, 20202 minDark Lies the Island by Kevin Barry I can’t remember now how I came across the work of Kevin Barry, the Irish writer, but I am so glad that I did. Barry’s debut collection, ...
Sue BurnsideJul 29, 20202 minPlease, please let it be a hat trick for the wonderful Hilary Mantel's The Mirror and The Light.Hilary Mantel's most remarkable quality is not her skill as a writer, but her bravery. If it had been me, I would have stopped writing af...
Sue BurnsideJul 24, 20201 minNot the Deaths Imagined - Anne PettigrewNot the Deaths Imagined is the gripping story of Dr Beth Semple, a Glasgow GP. It's based, not in the mean streets of the city, but rathe...
Sue BurnsideJul 16, 20201 minHow to Hook an Agent, Get a deal and Build a Career you love- a Review .I found this a fascinating read, that provided a brutally honest expose of the vicissitudes of a writer's life. Harry ( it seems churlish...
Sue BurnsideJul 16, 20201 minThe Witchfinder's Sisterby Beth Underwood Published by Penguin This is the story of the self styled and self appointed Witchfinder General, Matthew Hopkins as to...
Sue BurnsideJul 16, 20202 minThe Second Sleep by Robert HarrisI love Robert Harris, not least because of his piercing Twitter observations on the ineptitude of the current government, despite looking...